Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The broad-shelled river turtle (Chelodina expansa) falls into a group known as side-neck turtles.

The new trailer for Studio Ghibli's film The Red Turtle has come out of its shell and it looks like it's going to be another tearjerker from the Japanese animation production company. In the trailer, ...

SCOTTS VALLEY — Tucked into a small oasis embedded in suburbia, a population of turtles is quietly fighting for its lives, backed by its own squad of researchers. The East Glenwood Preserve’s Santos ...

Turtles are famous for their shells, but this feature is far more than a protective covering. A turtle’s shell is actually fused to its skeleton, meaning its ribs and spine became part of a living ...